[Cannabin0l]

How about just replacing oceans within the main 8,000 x 8,000 area of the map? (still oceans on the outer edge)

At any rate, if we leave oceans in, they're going to be odd, due to realms being scattered everywhere within them.

This. ^

Glad you could see my opinion for the most part, I was kind of singled out with everyone agreeing on "no," and ignoring other opinions.

[BSGSamuel]

How about just replacing oceans within the main 8,000 x 8,000 area of the map? (still oceans on the outer edge)

That would work.

[Emershaan]

By replace, do you mean replace them with 'normal' terrain, or just flat grass?
If normal-looking terrain, I'd be okay with replacing the oceans within a certain area (8k x 8k or 5k x 5k) around spawn.
If it's just plain flat grass or something similar though, definitely not, leave the oceans as-is.

Although really either way I lean toward letting the oceans generate normally, if people's realms end up in the middle of the ocean I think they can reasonably deal with it.

[Rokkrwolf]

It will be randomly generated terrain so normal-looking as you said, it won't be flat at all.

[Cannabin0l]

To all the no-sayers, go watch Yes Man, it will change you!

[bezzay]

As a resident and founding member of BeachTown I say: save the oceans!

[SilsuCrow]

How about just replacing oceans within the main 8,000 x 8,000 area of the map? (still oceans on the outer edge)

At any rate, if we leave oceans in, they're going to be odd, due to realms being scattered everywhere within them.

+1

[LeafWarrior254]

This is a good idea, but I say keep some (if this is possible)...

Yes, Japee has a good idea. If you could make natural looking islands, or small dots in the ocean to expand from that would be great.

[Wookiee]

How about just replacing oceans within the main 8,000 x 8,000 area of the map? (still oceans on the outer edge)

At any rate, if we leave oceans in, they're going to be odd, due to realms being scattered everywhere within them.

My "no" vote remains unchanged. I prefer vanilla biome features in minerealm. I imagine all existing private realms will "be odd" in some manner, regardless of oceans, as they are being copy/pasted into an entirely new seed.

There will be no shortage of land in the expanded map. Boats are fun. Builders want Island realms, Underwater cities, ect. Mojang has hinted at additional underwater features. I'd prefer these features exist within 8k of x0, z0

[Shadowwulf585]

I say just make the oceans closest to the spawns out of land that way new people can build without having to travel great distances so we can stop hearing. "Where's public land?" Every time a new person logs on.